Wayne County, Michigan

Founding: 1815 (declared in 1796)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Detroit (1815–)

Land area: 612 square miles

Population (2020): 1,793,561

Population (historic): 2,227 (1810); 24,173 (1840); 119,068 (1870); 348,793 (1900); 1,888,946 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1960

Subdivisions: 34 cities; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 168,924 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,663
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,178

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,858
Average farm size (1920): 55.3 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, and Canada

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Detroit

Namesake: The Detroit River

Founding: 1701 (founding); 1803 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 639,111

Population (historic): 1,422 (1820); 9,102 (1840); 79,577 (1870); 285,704 (1900); 1,568,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 122,015 (33.6%)

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